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Shumen Province
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Shumen Province
Област Шумен | |
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![]() Shumen Plateau | |
![]() Location of Shumen Province in Bulgaria | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Capital | Shumen |
Municipalities | 10 |
Government | |
• Governor | Dobromir Dobrev |
Area | |
• Total | 3,389.7 km2 (1,308.8 sq mi) |
Population (December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 149,628 |
• Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
License plate | H |
Website | oblastshumen.icon.bg |
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Shumen Province (Bulgarian: Област Шумен, transliterated Oblast Shumen, former name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into ten municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 194,090 inhabitants.[2][3][4]